Elevated roof

ABSTRACT

Apparatuses for adding coverings such as, but not limited to, roof lines are generally disclosed.

BACKGROUND

Unless otherwise indicated herein, the approaches described in this section are not prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

Adding additional roof like structures to existing roofs may have many challenges. For example, covering an uncovered area of an existing structure may include covering an existing deck type structure, balcony type structure, etc., where the covering may include a structure to facilitate integration with the existing structure. One method of covering may include extending an existing roof line to facilitate integration with an overall design of the structure.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure describes example apparatus and systems related to providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure. Such an apparatus may include a substantially vertical member, a bracket, and a base. The bracket may be coupled to a first end of the substantially vertical member, and the bracket may be configured to support a support beam in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the substantially vertical member and to pivotally support a trailing edge of the elevated roof over the existing roof. The base may be coupled to a second end of the substantially vertical member, and the second end may be at an opposite end of the substantially vertical member from the first end. The base may be configured to attach to a component of the structure through the existing roof proximate to a leading edge of the elevated roof.

A system may include an existing roof, where the existing roof may be disposed over a structure having an eave. An elevated roof may be disposed on the existing roof. The elevated roof may have a leading edge, where the leading edge may extend beyond the eave of the existing roof to facilitate coverage of a predetermined distance beyond the eave of the existing roof. The elevated roof may be disposed on the existing roof via the apparatus as described above.

The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Subject matter is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. The foregoing and other features of the present disclosure will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only several embodiments in accordance with the disclosure and are, therefore, not to be considered limiting of its scope, the disclosure will be described with additional specificity and detail through use of the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1A illustrates an example system that is arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1B illustrates a more detailed view of an example system that is arranged in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates an example apparatus for providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a bracket, which may be utilized with various embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 illustrates another example system that is arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 5 illustrates an example apparatus for providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description sets forth various examples along with specific details to provide a thorough understanding of claimed subject matter. It will be understood by those skilled in the art, however, that claimed subject matter may be practiced without some or more of the specific details disclosed herein. Further, in some circumstances, well-known systems, components and/or structures have not been described in detail in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring claimed subject matter.

In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings, similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless context dictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described in the detailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented here. It will be readily understood that the aspects of the present disclosure, as generally described herein, and illustrated in the Figures, can be arranged, substituted, combined, and designed in a wide variety of different configurations, all of which are explicitly contemplated and make part of this disclosure.

This disclosure is drawn, inter alia, to apparatus and systems related to providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure.

As discussed above, providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure may include utilizing an apparatus including a substantially vertical member. The substantially vertical member may include a bracket, and a base.

FIG. 1A illustrates an example system that is arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure. In the illustrated example, the system 100 may include an existing roof 102 and an elevated roof 108. As shown in FIG. 1A, the existing roof 102 may be disposed over a structure 104. The structure 104 may have an eave 106. Additionally, the elevated roof 108 may have a leading edge 110. The elevated roof 108 may be disposed on the existing roof 102 via one or more apparatus 112. Together, the system 100 illustrated in FIG. 1A provides an elevated roof over an existing of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the illustrated example of FIG. 1A, the leading edge 110 of the elevated roof 108 may extend beyond the eave 106 of the existing roof 102 to help facilitate coverage of a predetermined distance beyond the eave 106 of the existing roof 102. In one embodiment, the predetermined distance may be based, at least in part, on a distance to be covered by the elevated roof 108 such as, but not limited to, a deck, a patio, a garden, a veranda, balcony, and any other type of area to be covered, and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

Even though the structure 104 may be shown as a housing type structure in FIG. 1A, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that it is contemplated within the scope of the claimed subject matter that the structure 104 may be a wide variety of structures such as, but not limited to, an office building type structure, a warehouse type structure, etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects. Additionally, as will be described in detail below, the structure 104 may include a component 212 (FIG. 2), which may be a load bearing component of the structure 104 configured to support the existing roof 102.

In FIG. 1, the elevated roof 108 may be illustrated as a substantially solid type, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that it is contemplated within the scope of the claimed subject matter that the elevated roof 108 may be a wide variety of covering types such as, but not limited to, a substantially flexible type (e.g., fabric based roof), a substantially rigid type (e.g., metal based roof and/or wood based roof), and any combination thereof, and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 1, the elevated roof 108 may include a support beam 114 at a trailing edge 118 of the elevated roof 108. As will be described in detail below, the apparatus 112 may facilitate support of the support beam 114. As shown, the support beam 114 may help to facilitate providing the elevated roof 108 over the existing roof 102.

FIG. 1B illustrates a more detailed view of the example system of FIG. 1A that is arranged in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. Illustrated in FIG. 1B, the system 100 shown in FIG. 1A may be shown in more detail. As previously described with respect to FIG. 1A, the system 100 may include the structure 104, the apparatus 112, the existing roof 102, the elevated roof 108, the eave 106, and the support beam 114.

In FIG. 1B, two apparatuses 112 may be illustrated, but it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that number of apparatuses may be one or more and may be based, at least in part, on a number required to support the elevated roof 108. Additionally, the apparatus 112 may be shown as tube type apparatuses, but as will be described in detail below, the apparatus 112 may have a wide variety of shapes such as, but not limited to, substantially rectangular, conical, etc., and may include solid type members (e.g., rods), and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

In the detailed view of FIG. 1B, the elevated roof 108 may be above the existing roof 102 a predetermined distance as shown based, at least in part, on the height of the apparatus 112, but it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the elevated roof 108 may be above the existing roof 102 based, at least in part, on a desired height of the apparatus 112 and the predetermined distance beyond the eave 106 of the existing roof 102 as previously described. As such, the apparatus 112 may be of a wide range of lengths.

As a previously described in detail with respect to FIG. 1A, the system 100 shown in FIGS. 1A-1B helps facilitate providing the elevated roof 108 over the existing 102 roof of the structure 104, in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Turning now to FIG. 2 and making references to FIGS. 1A-1B, an example apparatus 200 for providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure may be shown. In FIG. 2, the apparatus 200 may be similar to the apparatus 112. The apparatus 200 may have a substantially vertical member 202. A bracket 204 may be coupled to a first end 206 of the substantially vertical member 202. The apparatus 200 may also includes a base 208 coupled to a second end 210 of the substantially vertical member 202. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the bracket 204 may be configured to support the support beam 114. Additionally, the bracket 202 may be configured to support the support beam 114 in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the substantially vertical member 202 and to pivotally support the trailing edge 118 of the elevated roof 108 over the existing roof 102. As shown in FIG. 2, the second end 210 may be at an opposite end of the substantially vertical member 202 from the first end 206, and the base 208 may be configured to attach to a component 212 of the structure 104 through the existing roof 102 proximate to the leading edge 110 of the elevated roof 108. The apparatus 200 illustrated in FIG. 2 may facilitate in providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.

In FIG. 2, the substantially vertical member 202 may be made of a metal pipe. The base plate 208 may be attached to the component 212, which may be a load bearing component as previously described, and as such, the component 212 may be configured to support the existing roof 102. Additionally, the base plate 208 may be made of a metal plate having a rectangular type shape.

Even though the apparatus 200 may be made of metal pipe in this particular example, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the apparatus 200 may be of a wide variety of materials and shapes such as, but not limited to, plastics, composites (e.g., fiber and/or ceramic composites), etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a bracket 300, which may be utilized with various embodiments of the present disclosure. In FIG. 3, the bracket 300 may have a shape configured to pivotally support a support beam (e.g., the support beam 114 shown in FIGS. 1A-1B). As shown, the bracket 300 may include a hole 302, which may be configured to accommodate a bolt 304. The bolt 304 may facilitate attachment of the bracket 300 to the substantially vertical member 202 in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the substantially vertical member 202. That is, the substantially vertical member 202 may also have a hole (not shown) configured to accommodate the bolt 304. Together, the bolt 304 and the bracket 300 may facilitate pivotally supporting the support beam 114 along the trailing edge 118 of the elevated roof 108.

The bracket 300 illustrated in FIG. 3 may have a substantially rectangular shape, but it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the bracket 300 may have a wide variety of shapes based, at least in part, on a shape of the support beam 114 such as, but not limited to, substantially circular, substantially square, etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

Briefly referring back to FIG. 1B & FIG. 2, the apparatus 112 may penetrate the existing roof 102 in order to facilitate attachment of the base 208 to the component 212. In such situations, a flashing (not shown) may be utilized to surround the substantially vertical member 202 to aid in protecting the existing roof 102 and/or various other components of the existing roof 102. The flashing may be configured to articulate to substantially match the slope of the existing roof 102.

FIG. 4, illustrates another example system that is arranged in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present disclosure. In FIG. 4, system 400 may include an existing roof 402 and an elevated roof 408. Similar to embodiments described with respect to FIG. 1A-1B, the existing roof 402 may be disposed over a structure 404. The elevated roof 408 may be disposed over the existing roof 402 utilizing one or more apparatus 412.

Apparatus 412 shown in FIG. 4 may be similar to the apparatus described previously. However, the apparatus 412 may have an attachment head 420. The attachment head 420 may facilitate attachment of the elevated roof 408. The elevated roof 408 may be of a thin material such as, but not limited to fabric as shown. In one example, the attachment head 420 may comprise of one or more flanges 430 having a hole 504 (shown in FIG. 5). Together, the attachment head 420 may facilitate attachment of the elevated roof 408. In one example, the attachment of the elevated roof 408 may be further facilitated by a D-Ring type hardware 432 as shown. Alternatively, the attachment of the elevated roof 408 may be further facilitated by a wide variety of attachment methods such as, but not limited to, rope, clamps, carabineer, any type of attachment hardware, etc., and the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

Turning now to FIG. 5, where the apparatus 412 from FIG. 4 is shown in more detail, the apparatus 412 may have the attachment head 420 coupled to the first end 206 (shown in FIG. 2). In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 5, the apparatus 412 may include a gusset type structure 506 at the second end 210 (shown in FIG. 2). The gusset type structure 506 may help to improve the strength of attachment between the second end 210 and the base 208. The gusset type structure 506 is show as a substantially triangular type, but the gusset type structure 506 may be a wide variety of gusset type structures such as, but not limited to, substantially square type, substantially rectangular type, substantially triangular type, etc., and accordingly, the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

In FIG. 5, the apparatus 412 is shown with one or more flanges 430. The one or more flanges 430 may include the hole 504. As previously described with respect to FIG. 4, the apparatus 412, the attachment head 420, and the one or more flanges 430 having the hole 504 may facilitate attachment of the elevated roof 408, where the elevated roof 408 may be a thin material such as a sheet. Accordingly, the thin material may be any type of thin material such as, but not limited to, fabric, plastic, thin metal, cloth, tarpaulin, leather, organic, inorganic, etc., and the claimed subject matter is not limited in these respects.

The herein described subject matter sometimes illustrates different components contained within, or connected with, different other components. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures are merely exemplary, and that in fact many other architectures can be implemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense, any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality is effectively “associated” such that the desired functionality is achieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve a particular functionality can be seen as “associated with” each other such that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective of architectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components so associated can also be viewed as being “operably connected”, or “operably coupled”, to each other to achieve the desired functionality, and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewed as being “operably couplable”, to each other to achieve the desired functionality. Specific examples of operably couplable include but are not limited to physically mateable and/or physically interacting components.

With respect to the use of substantially any plural and/or singular terms herein, those having skill in the art can translate from the plural to the singular and/or from the singular to the plural as is appropriate to the context and/or application. The various singular/plural permutations may be expressly set forth herein for sake of clarity.

It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to embodiments comprising only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”

Reference in the specification to “an implementation,” “one implementation,” “some implementations,” or “other implementations” may mean that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with one or more implementations may be included in at least some implementations, but not necessarily in all implementations. The various appearances of “an implementation,” “one implementation,” or “some implementations” in the preceding description are not necessarily all referring to the same implementations.

While certain exemplary techniques have been described and shown herein using various methods and systems, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various other modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted, without departing from claimed subject matter. Additionally, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation to the teachings of claimed subject matter without departing from the central concept described herein. Therefore, it is intended that claimed subject matter not be limited to the particular examples disclosed, but that such claimed subject matter also may include all implementations falling within the scope of the appended claims, and equivalents thereof. 

What is claimed:
 1. An apparatus for providing an elevated roof over an existing roof of a structure, the apparatus comprising: a substantially vertical member; an attachment head coupled to a first end of the substantially vertical member, the attachment head configured to facilitate attachment of a thin material along a trailing edge of the elevated roof over the existing roof; and a base coupled to a second end of the substantially vertical member, the second end being at an opposite end of the substantially vertical member from the first end and the base configured to attach to a component of the structure through the existing roof proximate to a leading edge of the elevated roof.
 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the component comprises a load bearing component of the structure, the load bearing component configured to support the existing roof.
 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the substantially vertical member comprises a metal pipe.
 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the attachment head comprises an attachment head coupled to the first end of the substantially vertical member via a bolt, the bolt configured to facilitate a substantially vertical orientation of the attachment head irrespective of the orientation of the substantially vertical member.
 5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the attachment head comprises two or more flanges having attachment holes.
 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base comprises a metal plate having a rectangular type shape.
 7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising flashing around the substantially vertical member proximate where the base attaches to the component of the structure, the flashing configured to articulate to substantially match the slope of the existing roof.
 8. A system for providing a covering, the system comprising: an existing roof, the existing roof disposed over a structure and having an eave; and an elevated roof disposed on the existing roof, the elevated roof having a leading edge, the leading edge extending beyond the eave of the existing roof to facilitate coverage of a predetermined distance beyond the eave of the existing roof, wherein the elevated roof is disposed on the existing roof via an apparatus comprising: a substantially vertical member; an attachment head coupled to a first end of the substantially vertical member, the attachment head configured to facilitate attachment of a thin material along a trailing edge of the elevated roof over the existing roof; and a base coupled to a second end of the substantially vertical member, the second end being at an opposite end of the substantially vertical member from the first end and the base configured to attach to a component of the structure through the existing roof proximate to a leading edge of the elevated roof.
 8. The system of claim 8, wherein the substantially vertical member comprises a metal pipe.
 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the attachment head comprises an attachment head coupled to the first end of the substantially vertical member via a bolt, the bolt configured to facilitate a substantially vertical orientation of the bracket irrespective of the orientation of the substantially vertical member.
 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the attachment head comprises two or more flanges having attachment holes.
 11. The system of claim 8, wherein the elevated roof comprises a fabric material attached.
 12. The system of claim 8, wherein the base comprises a metal plate having a rectangular type shape.
 13. The system of claim 8 further comprising flashing around the substantially vertical member proximate where the base attaches to the component of the structure, the flashing configured to articulate to substantially match the slope of the existing roof. 